smash hits 14 27 october 1982

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MUSICAL YOUTH • TOYAH
KID CREOLE • ADAM ANT
WHITE S: TORCH X rnnriy rnfoVo

CULTURE CLUB: MEMBERSHIP; THIS WAY _ 8/9

CULTURE CLUB: MEMBERSHIP; THIS WAY _ 8/9

WHITE & TORCH: LEADING LIGHTS _ 12/13

POLLY MIXTURE: A SWEET SENSATION _ 18

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?: YESTERDAY'S HEROES _ 31

ADAM: ALL WORK AND NO PLAY _ 34/35

LET'S GO ROUND AGAIN: DANCE SPECIAL _ 38/39

MUSICAL YOUTH: DOUBLE DUTCH1E _ 42/43

WHITE & TORCH _

KIP CREOLE & THE COCONUTS
TOYAH

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different clothes?
HPPPPf 8 wearily: "That's like
saying we Can only play drag
ballmHMRGeorge wears

make-up. Or that we can only
play barmitzvahs because I'm

George continues: "I was so
depressed. I'd like to say that

MCA have no idea. Musical Youth
don't want to be a black band.

They want to be an every |BB
person's band — which is the^l§§|
same as us. That's it. Let's drop ™
the subject."

"JoaftOMUnr said he

couldn't tell me what band it was.
So l said, 'you're The Clash'.

How do you know', he asked.
'Because it's written on your

George bursts intolfi&j^Br,
"That's the first time you've ever
made me laugh,'' he shrieks,

John got the job but left three
months later. There wereondMs
arguments becauseJ ohn
thought the band's policy was
unrealistic and hypocritical. He
started his own punk group,
London (who ironicallf^ied to
MCA), that soon collapsed
and he thin had brief Stints with
The Damned, Jona Lewie, The
Edge (a splinter group from The
Damned) and Adam (during his
"Cartrouble” and "Kick” period).
The bubble burst.

"After six years of failure, I got
‘ * int six months

nnm wall." Rut

he was causing a public
obstruction. "I was taken to the
station," recalls George, . ^

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WHITEsTORCH

A short but emotional encounter with Mark Ellen

ludicrous now t hjy thcg

songs and pesSlr wjin
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response. As bid their
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follow inu at all.”

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1983 DIARY

ALL THE IMPORTANT DATES

A GUIDE TO
ELECTRONIC MUSIC
BIG STARS MAKING
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A USEFUL GUIDE TO
USELESS INFORMATION

Everyone who’s anybody
is here, including Adam,
Sting, Beki Bondage,
Toyah, Simon Le Bon,
Banariarama, Barry (?),
Dollar, Paul Weller, Soft
Cell, Stevie Wonder,
^David Bowie . . . need we
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much encouragement from
people in High Places, Dolly
Mixture are finally getting some
well-earned attention. About time
too, after four-and-a-half years.

This particular sunny afternoon
finds them in the sitting-room at
singer Debsy's Mum's house in
North London. Old photo albums
are scattered round the place.

suits clutching carrots and
singing behind Captain Sensible
on "Happy Talk". Almost
overnight, it seemed, they'd been
rocketed out of nowhere and
straight into the limelight This

probably ran up to them in th<

Or something.

No such luck. It turns out to be
pretty ordinary. Two years ago

playing at London's Music
Machine, liked them, came back
for more, and eventually asked if
he could produce the band.

"We were a bit dubious at

"but we thought we might as w<

_ re-released), but neither of them
made the charts. Soon after, the

• Captain hit upon the idea of

• "Happy Talk" and it went straight

• to Number One taking the girls

ng off the lifeboat on

• Culture And Refinei

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• It's really hard to be-

• Dolly Mixtu re formed so long

_ ago. Both bassist Debsy Wykes
and guitarist Rachel Bor are nov

• 21, Hester's 20, and they

• originally came together at

• "We were very basic," Debsy

• admits. "We did the littlest

n possible that we could get away

• John Peel enthused about

• started the usual round of club
I gigs with songs like The Beatles’

_ "While My Guitar Gently

• Weeps", the odd Gary Glitter

• number and many of their own.

• They weren’t exactly polished but
9 their natural "girl-next-door"

• they had to pull out of both tours.

• has a fairytale quality about it. I

• mention that I just missed them
playing at Friars, Aylesbury,

• supporting The Undertones two

• years ago. The mention of Friars

• they tell me the story. They'd

le to see their fave band {The

jn the guest list. But they

always always
to support the 'Tones and gave

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inning back saying they

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and having hotefbiltepaid for
them, a tate they tell with great

Next came a tour with The Jam.
Paul Weller was so impressed
that he signed them to his
newly-formed Respond Label.

But then they got their Really
Big Break in January '82 when
they were tipped, in these very
pages, for success this year. (Of

meeting with the Captain helped

Andimce then they've almost
becorrW household names.
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another in a continuing series of deeply
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There are sixty prizes in all — the first ten
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To be in with a chance of getting hold of one,
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Ultravox past. One of their hit singles kicked off
with the lines: "The lights went out, the last fuse
blew, the clocks all stopped, it can't be true".
Just tell us which one, dot the title on a postcard
along with your name and address and send it
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autographed albums to the next forty
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And not a lot of rest, really. The non-stop Adam Ant schedule
comes up with a new album, a new band and even fits in a
lunch date with Neil Tennant

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have the ma

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I'd say 'No',"

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g From my vantage point in the back of
going bald, as has been reported. His

The night before,
called simply "Adan
■Men", had played a

Ant And The
one-off

latre in the West

is Adam, "they phoned up

new songs from the "Friend Or Foe"
LP. Seasoned Ant tunes like "Dog Eat
Dog" had also been dusted |- J

reason why people have children, I
something else that they've created or A

Do you think you're obsessed by your

Yeah. Not as much as I used to be.
Work can become a fence orwall
round you, so it's

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(Discharge Album) 10 Dexy's instruction to Eileen (4.2) Kj

13'.Talk To' (The Beat) 12 Gary Numan connects them ■

(3,4.2) with white boys

15 and 26 down'Physical'Aussie 14 Fun Boy Staples

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34 Ram on the bang — singer who singer Johnny

quit the Michael Schenker 32 It goes with Rip and Panic

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“Kas have done in Europe for the term 'Duo' what
Yazoo have done here. Kas are both virtuous and

Let’s Gc

All of a sudden there's a flood of great
dance music. Where's it all coming from
and what's going to be next? We gave
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petrol and a five pound note, pointed
them in the direction of the bright lights
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The TDK Battle of the Bands is about to commence with a record number of
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XY GOT THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYES TONIGHT
REPEAT CHORUS TO FADE

MAD WORLD

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere going nowhere

No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad

The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you 'cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very very

Mad world, mad world, mad world, mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me

Repeat chorus to fade

Words and music by R. Orzabal
Reproduced by permission M&M Music Dick James Music Ltd.

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BILLY IDOL

London

The former lead singer of

Billy Idol:... And The Ecstasy

some of Generation X's old
highlights — like "Valley Of The
Dolls" and "Ready Steady Go".
The latter songs were awarded

by the audience, which included

"Hot In The City" also received a
big cheer. It worked in America,
maybe it could work here...

Neil Tennant

dates

(October 29), Birmingham Odeon (30),
Manchester Apollo (31), Bangor Uni.
(November 1), Edinburgh Playhouse
(3), Liverpool Royal Court (4),

Sheffield Lyceum (5), Bradford Uni.

(October 30).

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